Afrida

Afridinae
Afrida mesomelaena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Afridinae
Kitching & Rawlings, 1999
Genus: Afrida
Möschler, 1886
Synonyms
  • Neoselca Hampson, 1898
  • Aresia Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Afridinae is a subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. The subfamily consists of only one genus, Afrida, that was previously part of the tribe Lithosiini in the subfamily Arctiinae.

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References

  1. 1 2 Palting, John; Moore, Wendy (2022). "Molecular phylogeny of Lichen Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini): a contribution toward classifying Western Hemisphere genera". ZooKeys (1108): 119–139. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1108..119P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1108.80783. PMC 9848871. PMID 36760697.